Me? The dang “Mule” is kickn my back side!!!
Toad
Toad, with all that lead in your mules a$$, its gonna pull alot!
Still working on the Class A, to quote Dr Frankenfurter, “Come up to the lab, and see whats on the slab” you would find I have to following to finish, hopefull before christmas;
the Class A
Steam Dummy Inspection Locomotive
F40PH body shell painting
Repowering one of my Gooses with busted the motor block
Converting another Goose to battery power
Layout wise:
Clear junk off layout and begin placing structures so scenery can be planned
Continue on the 21" diameter ultra-microlayout
Continue detailing the 36" pizza Portable
William,
All I am trying to do at them moment is to make some wheels…
This is as far as I have got!
I am looking for a supplier of mild steel plate that will supply me with 6 pieces 100mm x 100m x 8mm and 8 pieces 60mm x 60mm x 8mm -along with sundry lengths of 5mm sq mild steel bar.
I have built most of my jigs for assembly out of wood, as I intend to use CA to hold the parts of the wheel together before I clamp them -while I bronze weld them, (the SIF Bronze process).
regards
ralph
this is what i just did , I put 2 sets of wheels on my bobber caboose and 20 ft. open car. ben
Great!!! Everyones busy beavers! or Trainsman
Ralph,
Look on eBay some people will cut to your size on there, leased I have found a few in the states.
Toad
William,
I have accepted a quote from a supplier. The sum total for my steel to build the wheels, axles, and spokes will be £57.40p
I now need SUDS, a SUDS pump, run off tray, filter and (finally!) some milling cutters…
It will probably be a very emotional moment for me when I mix up the SUDS!!! The smell of SUDS is forever fixed in my personal history with the time I had measles at the age of 8. I had gone blind and deaf at this time and each evening when my father came home from work I could smell the SUDS on his skin and feel the metal chips in his calluses as he held my hands.
My sight returned after two months -my hearing never did…
regards
ralph
At present I am not working on anything. I am spending time running my trains - 1:29 Aristo and 1:22.5 Bachmann whilst the longer days are still with us and the cold and rain are minimal. In order to maintain marital bliss, and maintain the duties which I have, I generally only run in the afternoons and early evenings.
But a list is in preparation, noting various tasks, which I feel could improve my railroad and its rolling stock. When all is said and done winter evening can be long and cold which leaves adequate time to complete these tasks. However I think I can safley say that all will not have been completed by the 1st. day of Spring 2009. [;)]
57.40 GBP |
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105.370 USD |
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Is this right Ralph? If so dang man!
Toad
Alan,
Now we have another Hurricane coming and who knows where.
Toad
Toad I gotta feeling its coming your way, looks like you might have a wet Labor Day
Normal! [oX)]
Toad Under Water
I’m working on this:
So far I’ve only made a few cuts to a USA reefer car
Looking good, cause I could not have made those very nice circle holes like that. Have not learned that yet!
Toad
Yes William,
£57.40p was the lowest quote that I got, the highest was £334, the bulk of them were around the £125 mark. I don’t know when I will start but I have been shopping for lots of hacksaw blades to cut the 5mm sq section steel with to make the spokes…
It is going to be very noisy -but fortunately I am deaf!!!
regards
ralph
Still Ralph you need to wear eye & ear protection.
Toad
William!!!
Do you honestly think that I wouldn’t wear “cans” and a face shield??? Allied to this I normally wear a set of DIN 25 rated safety specs. The last pair I had I demonstrated how tough they were with my wife’s under and over shot gun at 15m both barrels into them. The glass was; scratched, scored, and unusable -but not broken…
My son knocked over a 50ml bottle of CA, he went to tell Daddy -but by that time… And so we had to chisel them, (amoungst other items), off the worktop…
regards
ralph
At the moment I am working on the Kittatinny Mt. RR first structure. A water Tower made from scratch. So far it is coming out nice (at least for my limited skill level) No pictures till it is done though.
Toad you need to change your name to bullfrog. They like water better.
Really I am a Horney Toad! Lets see some pictures!!!
Toad
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Alan,
Now we have another Hurricane coming and who knows where.
Toad
Most mornings, my time, (your early morning around 05.30CT) I check the weather in Wisconsin. I then look at the States weather map to see who is getting a hammering. N. Texas and OK seem to feature quite a lot as does Missouri. [:O]
I watched Fay and now I am keeping an eye on that ole Gustav.
Hey Lownote,
What in the world is that? Sure looks cool what ever it is… Look’n good so far! Please keep posting pictures.
Toad to answer your question…Nothing right now. My wife and I just had our 2nd. child 3 weeks ago and with a 2 yr old already it is all I can do to keep up with him and the new baby. Right now I just enjoy watching all of you work[:D]
Happy railroading!
Joe